title: [Tuberculous otitis media].
abstract: Tuberculous otitis media is a rare disease. Its diagnosis is often made late. We report the case of a 13-year-old girl presenting with a right chronic otitis media and a massive and painful cervical adenitis. High resolution CT-scan revealed cervical and mediastinal adenitis associated with extensive lesions involving the middle ear, mastoid air cells, and sphenoidal bone. The diagnosis of tuberculous otitis media was made on a positive tuberculin skin test and on the identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in gastric juices. The young girl progressed well after 9 months of antituberculous chemotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Unité de pneumologie et allergologie pédiatrique, département de pédiatrie, hôpital Jeanne-de-Flandre, CHRU de Lille, 59037 Lille cedex, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hamouda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Opsomer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Delattre
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thumerelle
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Flammarion
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Deschildre
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D005750:Gastric Juice / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents